Pata

Anderson and Murphy as wingbacks?

Scamacca!

Trickle down as far as I know.

I fucking hate this 'race for the fifth CL spot'. I don't want to have to support fucking Liverpool against Atalanta or West Ham against Leverkusen.

Nee idea what match to watch. Milan-Roma is the obvious choice but a bit boring due to it being a same country tie.

I'm still not against FFP as an idea and wouldn't want us to go all Chelsea/Man City even if we were allowed. It's just impossible to create a system that's fair to everyone. In theory when it was first invented every team should've been on the same starting line. Chelsea/Man City took the piss for ages but are now big enough due to the earlier limitless spending that they don't really have to worry about anything. Others from the big 6 were big and well ran at the right time before FFP kicked in (outside of Spurs who have done an impressive job). I have no idea what the solution should be in 2024 but it's a complete joke right now where they make shit up as they go (Everton and Forest deductions) or limit a club like us to not spend a penny in January in the midst of the worst injury crisis humanity has ever witnessed.

It’s due to the mobile era, right? People can watch that video in public spaces without sound.

He’s also like a target man in midfield. You can launch the ball towards him and very often he actually gains possession from it and not just flick it forward and hope for the best. He really is a unique player, physically dominant but also has a very good technique and touch due to his background playing further up the pitch. General passing is his only weakness but I can see him getting better and better at that too. That’s the one thing that shows he has only played a couple of seasons deeper but he’s really motivated to get better based on hiring individual coaching during the dark days. His versatility is also very important, you can play him pretty much anywhere outside of defense and you can expect to get a good performance. Hope the new contract gets confirmed soon, would be massive.

And Dembele scores a screamer.

Was a nice comment on Finnish TV about him being the reverse Müller. Müller is bad but really good, Dembele is really good but bad. All comes down to football IQ and reading of the game.

How did Taylor miss that tackle on Raphinha?

Think it's extremely childish from Tuchel to cry about that, he honestly thinks they deserve a pen for that ffs? Ref had said that it's a kid's mistake and he's not going to give a penalty for that in a Champions League QF and I completely agree. Refreshing to see some common sense used, wish it would happen more often.

Tbh I was watching both games so probably missed some things but thought he was really consistent in his will to keep the game flowing and ignored all the diving or soft contacts. Also didn't take any bullshit from the players.

Don't put that shit on me, didn't see any Finns cheating tonight.

Yeah but you're a soft cheating Brazilian, Felipao.

Officiating in Euro games is such a wild card, you can either get terrible handball ultras or really really good refs you've never heard of before.

Fair enough, don't think I've ever watched a CL match with UK commentary so have no idea how irritating they can be.

Could still easily see PL VAR giving a pen for that. Was really impressed by the French ref in Madrid too, hope he gets more games.

Looked like that contact was all just Saka, well done refs.

It has been a pretty good advert of CL football tbh.

Wew

That’s a replica of Barnes’ second goal against West Ham.

Rodri having a mare.

Nee way mate. Bruno being unbreakable is the only reason they haven't been midtable club for yonks now.